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US 12,011,024 B2Granted
Enrober for viscous and/or sticky food products
OwnerCloyd Barnes, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A coating machine and method coat a viscous sticky coating onto a plurality of food products. The coating machine may used mechanical or ultrasonic mechanisms to remove the excess viscous sticky coating. The coating machine may also coat an outer surface of the viscous sticky coating.
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A machine, comprising:
- a tank configured to contain a volume of a coating material;
- a head portion having a plurality of product flight carriers configured to move a plurality of pieces of food products through the tank to coat an outer surface of each food product with the coating material;
- a product flight rail on to which each product flight carrier rests, wherein each of the plurality of product flight carriers are movable through the tank via a chain disposed within a chain track, and wherein each product flight carrier comprises a set of carrier dogs providing a removable connection of each product flight carrier to the chain;
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- a stripper plate located in the tank that causes the plurality of pieces of food products to tumble and roll over the stripper plate as the product flight carriers push the pieces of food products to remove any excess coating material from the outer surface of each food product.
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